If you are running out of space for a particular drive, you could either delete your important files or delete another partition and then extend your drive with your important files. In Windows 10, you can use disk management to delete a volume or drive partition except for a system or boot volume.
When you delete a volume or drive partition using disk management, it is converted into unallocated space which then can be used to extend another partition on the disk or create a new partition. So without wasting any time let’s see How to Delete a Volume or Drive Partition in Windows 10 with the help of the below-listed tutorial.
How to Delete a Volume or Drive Partition in Windows 10
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Method 1: Delete a Volume or Drive Partition in Disk Management
1. Cofa i-Windows Key + X uze ukhethe Management Disk. Alternatively, you can press Windows Key + R then type diskmgmt.msc uze utshayele ukungena.
2. Cofa ekunene kwi partition or volume you want deletes then select Cima uMqulu.
3. Cofa kwi Ewe ukuqhubeka or confirm your actions.
4. Once the partition is deleted it will show as unallocated space on the disk.
5. To extend any other partition right-click on it and select Yandisa uMqulu.
6. To create a new partition right-click on this unallocated space kwaye ukhethe Umqulu omtsha oLula.
7. Specify Volume Size then assign a drive letter and finally format the drive.
8. Qalisa kwakhona iPC yakho ukugcina utshintsho.
Method 2: Delete a Volume or Drive Partition in Command Prompt
1. Vula i-Command Prompt. Umsebenzisi angenza eli nyathelo ngokukhangela 'cmd' kwaye ucinezela u-Enter.
2.Thayipha lo myalelo ulandelayo kwi-cmd kwaye ucofe u-Enter:
diskpart
uluhlu lwevolumu
3. Now make sure to note down the volume number of the drive letter you want to delete.
4. Type the command and hit Enter:
khetha inombolo yevolumu
Phawula: Replace the number with the actual volume number you noted down in step 3.
5. To delete the particular volume type the following command and hit Enter:
cima umthamo
6. This will delete the volume you selected and will convert it into unallocated space.
7. Close the command prompt and restart your PC.
Yi le How to Delete a Volume or Drive Partition in Windows 10 using Command Prompt, but if you want, then you can use PowerShell instead of CMD.
Method 3: Delete a Volume or Drive Partition in PowerShell
1. Uhlobo PowerShell kuPhendlo lweWindows emva koko cofa ekunene PowerShell from search results and select Ukusebenza njengoMphathi.
2. Now type the following command into PowerShell and hit Enter:
Fumana-Volume
3. Note down the drive letter of the partition or volume you want to delete.
4. To delete the volume or partition, use the following command:
Remove-Partition -DriveLetter “drive_letter”
Phawula: Replace the drive_letter you noted down in step 3.
5. When prompted type y ukuqinisekisa izenzo zakho.
6. Vala yonke into kwaye uqalise kwakhona iPC yakho ukugcina utshintsho.
Ithethelelwe:
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